The Swedish Tiger

"The Swedish Tiger" was the eleventh episode of the first series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs. The episode is set in the summer of 1907.

Cast

Regular cast

• Rachel Gurney ( Lady Marjorie Bellamy )
• Gordon Jackson ( Mr. Agnus Hudson )
• Angela Baddeley ( Mrs. Kate Bridges )
• Jean Marsh ( Rose Bucke )
• David Langton ( Richard Bellamy )
• Pauline Collins ( Sarah )
• Christopher Beeny ( Edward )
• Patsy Smart ( Roberts )
• Jenny Tomasin ( Ruby )

Guest cast

• Geoffrey Whitehead ( Captain Axel Ryttsen)
• Sven-Bertil Taube (Torkel Kraft)
• Peter Clay ( The Jeweller )
• Gillian Lind ( Flossie )
• Dorothy Black ( Flo )
• Veronica Lang ( The Jeweller's Wife )
• Colin Rix ( The Policeman )
• Rex Robinson ( Inspector Hurst )
• Doel Luscombe ( The Art Dealer )

Plot

In October 1908, James Bellamy has invited Axel Ryttsen to 165 Eaton Place, who is James' friend and a dashing Swedish military officer. Sarah Moffat falls in love with Torkel Kraft (Ryttsen's valet), who removes valuable household objects from the Bellamy house in order to pay off Ryttsen's gambling debts. They use Sarah as a patsy. Sarah thinks, that she is helping Kraft and Kraft promises her that she will go to Sweden with her lover. But they leave Sarah alone with the music: "one hapless servant girl who will certainly be dismissed".^[1][2] Sarah has to explain all things to the police and is finally fined by a court and sacked from the Bellamy household.

References

1. ↑ Updown.org.uk - The Swedish Tiger - Upstairs, Downstairs
2. ↑ The Swedish Tiger www.imdb.com

Weblink

• Updown.org.uk - Upstairs, Downstairs Fansite